Madeline M. Kelly [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0003-0248-2165

POSITION STATEMENT | NASIG VICE PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT ELECT

My hopes for NASIG as we move through 2021 and beyond are threefold:

First, that NASIG continue to provide meaningful value to our members. This means developing practical tools for librarianship: standards, competencies, toolkits, and data repositories. Good grab-and-go resources can be instrumental as we tackle thorny challenges like accessibility, open resources, and sustainability. Value can also mean connection and collegiality. Even as we grow the organization we must maintain the sense of community that makes each NASIG training, conference, and volunteer opportunity special. Meaningful value—whether tangible or intangible—is especially critical as personnel are asked to do more with less. Our time and financial resources are stretched thin. Moving forward, it will be critical for NASIG to reach out and listen to members regarding the needs and issues most relevant to the community. NASIG exists for you.

Second, that NASIG continue to serve as a leader within the profession. Together we are strong, and NASIG can be a source of individual support and centralized advocacy. Collectively, we must work on two fronts: towards more sustainable financial models for and publishing and against pervasive narratives of scarcity. Our work should be financially viable, but it should also be understood within a broader context of value— what we do is about more than raw return on investment. NASIG has a role in vindicating and defending the intangible value of what we do. At the same time, NASIG can provide members with tools for local advocacy, whether to help demonstrate the value of collections work, develop open resources, or navigate ever-present fiscal challenges. Fighting these battles alone is difficult; NASIG can help us do our jobs and articulate why those jobs matter.

Lastly, that NASIG work to resist and dismantle structures of oppression and inequity in libraries, information, and publishing. NASIG itself must continue to strive for greater inclusion through recruitment, scholarships and compensation, and a critical review of policies and practices. NASIG can also provide better support for libraries wishing to decolonize their own collections practices by providing practical trainings and toolkits to address not just what we are collecting but also how we collect and manage what we have. As an organization, NASIG must be vocal and active in this work.

My skills and background—which include a blend of collections, technical services, project management, assessment, and leadership work—will help me shape these and other NASIG efforts as Vice President/President Elect and, eventually, President. I have worked in libraries of varying sizes and managed budgets up to $10M in times of abundance and scarcity. I have collaborated across units, organizations, and consortia. My leadership style foregrounds listening, synthesis, and—when possible—consensus. I have my own goals and vision, including the three aspirations outlined above, but my ultimate mission is to serve you. As Vice President/President Elect—and President—I would work diligently to lead NASIG forward as an assertive and proactive organization for us all.

Madeline M. Kelly [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0003-0248-2165

CURRICULUM VITAE

Education MLS, Simmons Graduate School of Library & Information Science (Boston, MA) 2012 BA, English and Spanish, University of Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, VA) Summa cum laude

Employment Director of Collections, Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA) Nov. 2017-Present • Lead the cataloging, circulation, collection assessment, acquisitions, ILL, course reserves, gifts, and maps units of the Western Libraries; directly supervise three full-time staff and provide leadership for one faculty person and sixteen additional staff • Develop and implement collections initiatives, including the launch of an approval plan, a holistic evaluation of e-resource subscriptions, and the systematic deduplication of print monographs • Oversee management of the Libraries’ $2.2M resource access budget, including coordinating any necessary reductions, evaluating purchase options and pricing models, and negotiating with vendor representatives; coordinate cancellation of over $500K in subscriptions over two years • Convene and lead the Scholarly Resources Group, charged with collaborative management of library collections; coordinate these efforts with other internal and external stakeholder groups • Convene and lead other collections-related groups • Communicate with the university community about library collections, including liaising with shared governance groups and authoring written communications for the public distribution Head of Collection Development, George Mason U. (Fairfax, VA) Nov. 2014-Oct. 2017 • Prepared and coordinated the expenditure of library materials budget of approximately $10M; participated in end-of-year fiscal close and oversaw prioritization of major e-resource purchases • Managed library approval profiles in excess of $600K • Coordinated collection development at four library locations, including relevant trainings • Liaised with vendors and subject ; coordinated the selection of e-resources over $2,000 • Oversaw broad collection development initiatives, including TextSelect textbook reserve program, comprehensive collection assessment, and usage statistics projects • Collected data on allocations, expenditures, cancellations, and inflation; prepared related reports for internal and external use, including for University Administration • Managed Open Access Publishing Fund, liaising with authors & publishers to coordinate APCs • Negotiated license agreements for e-resource purchases and renewals as needed; oversaw e- resource licensing process and the development of licensing policy for the Libraries • Directly supervised four full-time staff and one graduate student; responsible for department of 8 individuals (including graduate assistants and part-time student staff); contributed to the annual performance reviews of 15+ subject librarians • Coordinated $1.5M reduction in materials budget expenditures over two years; implemented rapid e-resource review process and deaccession workflow; developed team-based, holistic approach to cancellations and reductions, in collaboration with the subject librarians • Developed policies, guidelines, and workflows in coordination with other library personnel, including e-resource cancellation workflow; renewal processing workflow; streaming media acquisitions guidelines; collection assessment procedural manual; Open Resource discovery guidelines; text- and data-mining acquisition and access guidelines; binding policy re-write; and major collection development policy revision Interim Coordinator of Collection Development, George Mason Univ. August-Nov. 2014 • Assumed non-supervisory duties of the departing Head, Collection Development & Preservation Collection Development Support Specialist, George Mason U. (Fairfax, VA) May 2013-Nov. 2014 • Assessed subject collections using a range of tools and measures; independently developed and implemented assessment pilot program that led to full-scale assessment efforts • Supported collection development, including preparation of the budget, liaison activities and training, and coordination of approval plans • Coordinated selection and purchasing of materials for TextSelect textbook reserve program • Proposed and completed a rigorous citation analysis of engineering literature • Assisted with preservation, including emergency trainings, processing of damaged materials, purchasing of replacement books, preparation of shipments for deacidification, and book repair • Upon retirement of the Preservation : oversaw day-to-day library preservation functions Library Assistant, Trinity Washington University (Washington, DC) Feb.-May 2013 Professional Temp (Reference), Watertown Free Public Lib. (Watertown, MA) Jul.-Dec. 2012 Public Services Assistant, Wheelock College Library (Boston, MA) Sept. 2010-Dec. 2011

NASIG Participation & Service Member, NASIG December 2017 – Present Chair, Nominations and Elections Committee June 2019 – June 2020 Vice Chair, Nominations and Elections Committee July 2018 – June 2019 32nd Annual NASIG Conference (Indianapolis, IN) June 2017

Other Service Western Washington University Member, E-Content Standing Group, Orbis Cascade Alliance October 2019 – Present Member, University Planning and Resources Council September 2019 – Present Member, Western Libraries Diversity Committee December 2018 – Present Member, Whatcom Reads Book Screening Committee March 2018 – Present Member, Western Libraries Faculty Mentoring Committee June 2018 – Present Shared Content Representative, Orbis Cascade Alliance December 2017 – Present Technical Services Representative, Orbis Cascade Alliance December 2017 – Present Chair, Western Libraries Subscription Task Force January 2019 – June 2020 Member, Western Libraries Subject Team Model Committee November 2018 – April 2019 • Contributed to development of a team-based model for organizing subject librarian work George Mason University Member, Library Assessment Group, George Mason University Libraries Jan. 2017 – Oct. 2017 Member, WRLC Alma Implementation E-Resource Task Force December 2016 – Oct. 2017 Member, WRLC Shared Collection Strategy Committee December 2015 – Oct. 2017 Member, VIVA Collections Committee Dec. 2014 – Oct. 2017 Member, George Mason University Libraries Management Advisory Council 2015 – Oct 2017 Member, George Mason University Libraries Librarians’ Council Dec. 2014 – Oct. 2017 Member, VIVA Value Metric Task Force February 2016 – July 2017 Mentorship Coordinator, Mason Libraries Librarians’ Council May 2016 – July 2017 Co-Chair, Mason Libraries Professional Development Committee July 2015 – June 2017 Chair, VIVA RFP Committee: E-Books May – October 2016 • VIVA received Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative 2017 Innovation Award from the American Library Association for whole e-book interlibrary loan lending rights negotiated in RFP Member, VIVA Monographic Collection Analysis Task Force January 2015 – September 2016 Member, Mason Distinguished Library Faculty Award Committee Dec. 2015 – March 2016 Member, Fenwick Fellow Selection Committee April – June 2015 Member, George Mason University Libraries Staff Council (Fairfax, VA) August-Nov. 2014 Member, Washington Research Library Consortium Preservation Advisory Committee (Washington, DC) July-Sept. 2014 Independent Service Member, SAGE Library Advisory Board December 2017 – Present Consultant, Rancho Mastatal Library Development Project (Mastatal, Costa Rica) Dec. 2012

Continuing Education Charleston Conference November 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 ACRL 2019 Conference April 2019, March 2017 Library Assessment Conference December 2018, October 2016 Seeking Cultural Consciousness and Competence in Hiring (Bellingham, WA) July 2018 Timberline Acquisitions Institute (Mt. Hood, OR) May 2018 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting (Denver, CO) February 2018 WRLC Leading Change Workshop (Washington, DC) June 2017 OCLC Member Forum (Fairfax, VA) October 2016 Leadership Legacy Program, George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) Sept. 2015 – April 2016 Washington Research Library Consortium Annual Meeting (Arlington, VA) March 2016, 2015 VIVA Collections Forum (Charlottesville, VA) October 2015 NISO Virtual Conf.: Expanding the Assessment Toolbox (Online) April 2015 National Digital Preservation 2014 Conference (Washington, DC) July 2014 American Library Association Annual Conference (Las Vegas, NV) June-July 2014 Virginia Library Association Paraprofessional Forum Conference (Richmond, VA) May 2014 Emerging Trends in Digital Stewardship (Symposium) (Bethesda, MD) April 2014 ALCTS Fundamentals of Preservation Course (Online) September 2013

Presentations & Publications Articles TextSelect Revisited: The Evolution and Success of the Textbook Reserves Program at George Mason University. With Jessica Bowdoin. Against the Grain, Vol. 28, No. 5. November 2016 Citation Patterns of Engineering, Statistics, and Computer Science Researchers: An Internal and External Citation Analysis across Multiple Engineering Sub-Fields. College & Research Libraries, Vol. 76, Issue 7. November 2015 Applying the Tiers of Assessment: A Holistic and Systematic Approach to Assessing Library Collections. Journal of Academic Librarianship, Vol. 40, Issue 6. November 2014 Chapters “Assessing Collections Holistically: A Behind-the-Scenes Approach.” Co-authored with Stephanie S. Smith, George Mason University. In Assessment Strategies in Technical Services. K. Edwards and M. Leonard, Eds. Chicago: ALCTS. 2019 “Exploratory Collection Assessment: The Subject Snapshot.” In Library Assessment Cookbook. A.W. Dobbs, Ed. Chicago: ACRL. 2017 Monographs The Complete Collections Assessment Manual: A Holistic Approach. Chicago: ALA Editions. November 2020 Posters Evaluating the Accessibility of E-Resources June 2020 • Virtual poster and libguide presented at the American Library Association Annual Conference 2020 (Online). With Rebecca Marrall and Emily Spracklin. Building the Complete [Holistic] Collections Assessment Manual December 2018 • Poster presented at the Library Assessment Conference 2018 in Houston, TX. Presentations Licensing Checklist from Alliance Best Practices October 2020 • Presentation at Orbis Cascade Alliance SCTS Days online conference on best practices for negotiating e-resource contracts. Co-authors: Orbis Cascade Alliance E-Content Working Group (Jaime Bogdash, Faye Christenberry, Jill Emery, Carleigh Hill, Jesse Holden, Karen Kunz). Drastic times call for drastic measures: Intentionality, outreach, and library leadership in times of financial crisis November 2019 • Presentation at Charleston Library Conference on strategies for navigating budget reductions and subscription cancellations. Co-presenters: Kristin D’Amato, Kristina Edwards, and Mark Greenberg. Valuing Consortial Resources: A Framework for Assessment November 2016 • Presentation at Charleston Library Conference on the VIVA Value Metric Task Force and development of holistic assessment grids for evaluating consortial e-resources. Co-presenters: Beth Blanton-Kent; Julie Kane; Genya O’Gara. VIVA Skills Inventory & Directory of Expertise (Invited Presentation) October 2016 • Presentation at the Virtual Library of Virginia annual User Group Meeting. Monographic Collections Analysis Webinar September 2016 • Webinar for Virtual Library of Virginia members on the results of a multi-year monographic shared collection analysis. Co-presenters: Alison Armstrong; Cheri Duncan; Genya O’Gara. What is “Good Enough” Collection Assessment? (Invited Presentation) February 2016 • ASERL webinar on collection assessment practices. Holistic Collection Assessment (Invited Presentation) October 2015 • Presentation at the first Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) “Sharing Expertise” forum. “Good Enough”: Applying a Holistic Approach for Practical, Systematic Collection Assessment (Invited Presentation) April 2015 • Presentation at the 2015 NISO Virtual Conference “Expanding the Assessment Toolbox: Blending the Old and New Assessment Practices.” Basics of Emergency Preparedness: A Collections Perspective (Richmond, VA) May 2014 • Presentation at the 2014 Virginia Library Association Paraprofessional Forum Conference on the fundamentals of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from collections emergencies Reviews Assorted book reviews for Journal of Web Librarianship, Journal of Academic Librarianship, portal: Libraries and the Academy, and Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. Topics include collection assessment and data visualization, Open Access and Open Educational Resources, collection development, library leadership, electronic resources and licensing, and digital preservation. Workshops Collections Assessment: Developing Sustainable Programs and Projects (NASIG Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN) June 2017 • Co-facilitated with Genya O’Gara, Associate Director, Virtual Library of Virginia. • Workshop covering the collections assessment landscape; participants left with a project plan for an assessment project of their choosing